1 thought on “Evolution of jewelry and human history”

  1. When will humans wear jewelry, it is difficult to verify accurately. But it is not difficult for us to think that from the beginning of human beings that when we are aware of decoration and beautification of themselves, humans have formed an inexplicable bond with it. The most primitive jewelry of human beings can be traced back to the distant stone era.
    In data from the old stone era found in the world and the data of modern original tribes, people can find that the form of early primitive decorations is: necklaid, waist ornaments, arm ornaments, wrist ornaments, etc. Species, and these forms are especially decorative and waist ornaments. They are largely decorated around the human reproductive area. The reason is that in addition to these parts that support wearing, a large number of studies have shown that this choice is still different.
    The color and pattern on animals are also a kind of body decoration, natural body decoration, male bird's headwear, items, chest ornaments, tail ornaments, etc. often show regular changes and display in the breeding season, and these decorations are paired Attracting the opposite sex is quite effective, and a large number of biological materials confirmed that the beautiful decoration of animals has great advantages in the process of sexual selection. Human tattoo is a similar form of body decoration, and human body decoration is the qualitative change of the natural decoration of animals.
    The earliest human ornaments in the late Paleolithic era found around the world, whether it is animal teeth, feathers, or stone beads, has a very significant characteristic: smooth, rules, compact, and beautiful. And this feature further illustrates the important psychological causes of makeup, self -dazzling, and attracting the opposite sex. Therefore, it is very scientific to stem the beauty of the body's origin. The "human beautification" function that comes from this origin is the most primitive and fundamental function of jewelry.
    The other two important motives in the origin and development of jewelry. One is religious dynamic causes, and the other is social functional cause, and these two mobility is based on the physiological instinct. Development and evolution. Religion originated from the prehistoric human witchcraft, and the religious cause of the development of the body is exactly the formation of the prehistoric human witchcraft activity and under the guidance of this witchcraft ideology and is deeply rooted in people's thoughts. In the process of labor practice, primitive humans gradually gradually developed a hazy mysterious view of some materials that are closely related to their lives such as plants such as plants, seeds, feathers, teeth, bones, and stone (jade) materials. They even As the object of worship in your own witchcraft activities, it is given a mysterious power.
    If they hang the fruit or seeds of the plants on the mother's nature to pray for the breeding of their children; put the fur, teeth, bones and bones on the hunting animals, and the success of hunting and their own peace; ) The worship of the expected is derived from the deep feelings of the primitive people for stone tools. Among them, the slightly shiny and bright colors are considered as a gift from a mysterious master in their minds, and they are more careful. Placement collection and protection, and in this process, it gradually enriched the connotation of this natural worship. The original enlightenment thought of Chinese jade culture originated from this. In the various cultures of the Chinese Stone Age, jade has always been regarded as a natural worship of natural worship and is widely used in witchcraft rituals. And carry it with prehistoric people, one as a decoration that beautifies itself, and also a mascot that avoids evils and disaster. In ancient Western civilization, the colorful gemstones are familiar with a long time. They are also given some mysterious religious power during the process of being familiar with and using. Pray for a mysterious power, sea orchid gems are regarded as the essence of sea water to pray for the safety of sea gods to bless navigation or fishing.

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